tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post7101874975641170454..comments2024-03-29T09:13:55.008+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: The Mumbles TrainLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-5815462764843881252010-01-06T13:33:43.066+00:002010-01-06T13:33:43.066+00:00Building the marina has not made me want to re-vis...Building the marina has not made me want to re-visit Swansea any. Nor the (admittedly fine) Leisure Centre. However I do recommend the Gower Peninsula which is fantastic, with amazing beaches and still unspoilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-3558546988962314992010-01-05T04:24:51.958+00:002010-01-05T04:24:51.958+00:00Trams - a most civilised form of transport. And to...Trams - a most civilised form of transport. And to think we had double deck trams too, a rarity, very useful, cheap high capacity. Still the-powers-that-be knew better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-85109755896742614842010-01-05T04:20:07.050+00:002010-01-05T04:20:07.050+00:00Laban, sorry I wasnt questioning its popular name,...Laban, sorry I wasnt questioning its popular name, just that strictly speaking the vid showed a tram.<br /><br />There is a long history of tramlines becoming railways and vice-versa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-67701604234917877532010-01-04T12:08:55.375+00:002010-01-04T12:08:55.375+00:00Tram or no, it was always known as the Mumbles Tra...Tram or no, it was always known as the Mumbles Train. Before the tram-like stock with which it finished its career, it was pulled by small tank locos - and it started with horses back in 1806. There are photos of the locos on one of the other Mumbles Train youtube videos.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-89040286548322753922010-01-04T08:22:58.126+00:002010-01-04T08:22:58.126+00:00Thanks, Laban. What a lovely little movie. I'l...Thanks, Laban. What a lovely little movie. I'll send a link to my mother. She rode that train every day to and from school from Blackpill into Swansea.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-54931916114475075242010-01-04T01:06:16.238+00:002010-01-04T01:06:16.238+00:00I have to play the pedantic trainspotter and point...I have to play the pedantic trainspotter and point out that its a tram rather than a train.<br /><br />Local governments are always anxious to destroy in the name of progress.<br /><br />They would have to have killed of the railway on the Isle of Man. Thwarted, they have finally noticed it may actually bring in the odd tourist.<br /><br />Coventry eagerly did what the Luftwaffe could not do and razed the remainder of the city to the ground. If youve ever been there you'll see what a betrayal that was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com